Asia Minor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Asia Minor (“lesser Asia”), distinguishing it from Asia Major (i.e., Asia as a whole). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Asia Minor A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey. Synonyms: Anatolia, Lesser Asia Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth Meronym: Central Anatolia Near-synonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Asia + minor === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.si.a ˈmɪ.nɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.a ˈmiː.nor] === Proper noun === Asia Minor (genitive Asiae Minōris) Asia Minor